Amalgamator



Oei. 7', 1924. 1,510,733

l .1f c. woon AMALGAMATQR Filed June 2o. 192s l ,f5 WITNESS'ES pIN1/.ENIGH Anonima Patented Ust. 7, 1924.

JOHN CHANDLER Woon, or

runnnrtion, naw Mexico.

#AMALGAMATOR Application-filed June 20,

To all 11j-,hom t may cof/went.'

Be itflknown thatI I, JOHN C. lWooD, a 4citizen ofthe United States, anda resident of Lumberton, in the county of Rio Arribagand State ofNeweMexico, -have invented a Ynewand improved Amalgamator, of jw-hichthe following is a full, clear, and lexact description.

This invention-has relation to amalgamaftorsgand is in thenature of animprove- {men-t over prior-patent granted to me on Ahv/[,arch-Q, l1915,bearing United States Letters Patent No. 1,133,210.

1nthe prior lpatent above recited adjustajb-le stops were providedwhereby the -iiow of the mineral matterand water through the devicecould be regulated to agree with the various stops and settling parts ofthe fdevice. It'v has been found, however, in actualpractice that theconstruction and mode of adjustment Vwere expensive and subject todisorder due to the complicated mechanism employed.

1t is, therefore, the principal object of the present invention tosimplify the construction and mode of adjustment in order to decreasethe cost ofproduction, allow for more accurate adjustments and at thesame time facilitate the adjusting of the same.

As a still further object and advantage the invention contemplates anamalgamator in which a much larger percentage of the pulp is broughtinto contact with the plates.

The invention furthermore comprehends an amalframator which is composedof a plurality of identically constructed trough sections capable ofready association with each other whereby the length of the completeamalgamating device yand the number of stops and settling parts may bereadily increased Or decreased by the addition or removal of sectionsthereto.

lVith the above recited and other objects in view, the invention residesin the novel construction set forth in the following specification,particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved toembodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the fullextent indicated by the general meaning lof the terms in which theclaims are eX- pressed.

1n the drawings- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view 192s. serialno. 646,605.

through atrough sectionconstructed in accordance with the invention.

F ig. I2 is ya fragmentary v'horizontal sectional view therethroughtaken approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. v1.

F ig. 3 is-a side view illustrated the mode of associa-ting a pluralityof the trough sections.

Fig. 4 yis van end view thereof. e

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, fthe troughsectionsjdesignated generally -by the reference` character 10.'consists'of a sheet of material, preferably sheet metal, 'of cross sectionalU-shaped construction yincluding a bottom -wall 11 andside walls 12, thesaidbottom wallbeing superimposed on abase 13r preferably consisting ofa strip of vwood or any other suitable material. -Upon the bottom wall-11 la plate 14 is mounted which is formed with a plurality oflongitudinal ysteps 15. Preferably the trough section which is disposedat an inclination andthe plate 14 `vare attached to the base` 13adjacent their upper ends by screws or other fastening devices 16 whichare passedtherethrough and an,- chored in the base. The lower end of theplate 14 is curved upwardly and rearwardly to provide a substantiallysemi-tubular bafng member 17 which extends across the entire width ofthe trough with the concaved or open side facing the upper end of thetrough. A substantially vertical baffle plate 18 having rearwardly anddownwardly inclined steps 19 and a forwardly curved substantiallysemi-tubular lower end 20 is frictionally clamped and maintained betweenthe side walls 12 "by-means of the transverse bolt 21, the shank ofwhich extends through aligned openings inthe side walls with the head 22bearing against the outer side of one side wall and a thumb nut 23threadedly engaged on the oppositel end bearing against the outer sideof the opposite side wall. By this arrangement '100 the vertical baiieplate 18 is free for substantially universal adjustment with respecttothe U-shaped trough section and the bottom plate 14 whereby thesemi-tubular end 20 thereof may be raised and lowered `or advancedtoward or away from the semitubular end 17 ofthe bottom plate. When theproper adjustment has been made by manipulating the baffle plate 18 byhand, the bolt 21 is manipulated to clamp the same in place, it beingunderstood that the side walls 12 are suiiiciently yieldable to allowfor their advancement toward each other. The steps 15 and 19 function toinfluence the particles toward the bottom of the trough whereby theywill be collected in the various stops and settling parts of the device.There a plurality of trough sections 10 are associated with each other,as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, it will of course be understood thateach adjacent trough section will be of relatively different widthswhereby the ends will interfit one within the other.

l claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a trough of substantiallyU-shaped cross sectional configuration, a stepped plate arranged in thebottom of said trough having an upwardly and rearwardly curvedsemi-circular lower end and an upright battle plate having rearwardlyand downwardly inclined steps and provided with a downwardly andforwardly curved semiu circular lower end extending into the reverselycurved semi-circular lower end of the bottom plate, and means extendingtransversely through the side walls of the trough for clamping the sameagainst the side edges of the upright baille' plate.

2. An amalgamating trough section coniprising a base strip, asubstantially U shaped member mounted on said base strip, a longitudinalstepped plate within the bottom of said U-shaped member, an upturnedrearwardly curved semicircular lower end on said plate, a transverselydisposed upright battle plate between the side walls of the U-shapedmember, said upright baille plate having downwardly and rearwardlyinclined steps, and a forwardly and downwardly curved semi-circularlower end ex-v tending into the semi-circular lower end of the bottomplate and a transverse bolt eX*- tending through the side walls of theljshaped member for clamping the saine against the side edges of theupright baiiie plate.

3. An amalgating trough consisting of a plurality of substantiallyidentical sections of cross sectional Ushaped configuration, the ends ofwhich sections are adapted to lit within the next adjacent lowersection, a stepped plate arranged in the bottom of each section having atransversely disposed upturned rearwardly curved semi-circular lowerend, a substantially vertically disposed stepped battle plate having areversely curved semi-circular lower end extending into thesemi-circular lower end of the bottom plate, and means for advancing theside walls of each U-shaped section toward each other for clamping theupright baffle plates therebetween in various relatively adjustedpositions with respect to each trough section and bottom plate.

JOHN CHANDLER WOOD.

